Friday’s Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

High school and college scores galore and Mayhem info are in The Scoreboard in The Latest Coverage. The Honor Roll and Signings will be updated Saturday.

HS notebook: Howard baseball boss Slaughter is done

          The GHSA and Atlanta Braves will be teammates for the postseason. Jones County approves Mike Chastain as head football coach.

Braves Report: wet

          The Braves and Indians will play a doubleheader on Saturday starting at 4:10 p.m. (FSSO), and finish up Sunday night. Atlanta is off Monday, then at Cincinnati for three.

Around/About Central Georgia

Rain interrupts Peach Belt golf

And tennis

Georgia College baseball altered

Southern Conference tennis at Mercer changed up

Around/About Georgia

UGA spring game will have football weather

Kennesaw State introduces – finally – its new men’s hoops coach

UGA’s Claxton declares for NBA draft, can return

Georgia Tech spring update

UGA gymnastics season comes to an end

Georgia’s Stricklin echos common complaint about NCAA and third assistant

          Mercer’s Craig Gibson had thoughts, too.